Viking Holdings Ltd (NYSE: VIK) Recovers 74.68% From 52-Week Low, Is VIK Still A High-Risk, High-Reward Play?

Viking Holdings Ltd (NYSE:VIK) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.08M but it saw 1843760 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 19.38B USD, the company’s current market price of $44.91 came rising about 1.22 while comparing to the previous closing price of $44.37. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $46.25 and as low as $25.71. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $43.72 while lowest mark touched by it was $45.107.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Viking Holdings Ltd (VIK) gives us an average price of $42.66, while its current price level is -2.90% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 74.68% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $38.80. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 4.65% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 3.14%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 69.92 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Morgan Stanley which upgraded the stock as “Overweight” in its note to investors issued on November 12, 2024, recommending a price target of between $37 and $49 for it. HSBC Securities issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $36.

Over the week, VIK’s stock price is moving -1.92% down while it is 16.62% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 72.07% up and over the past year.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in December, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0.34 while estimate for next year EPS is 1.34. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $836.52M as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $5.33B and seeing the company making $6.23B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $1.35B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Viking Holdings Ltd’s total number of outstanding shares is 303.68M with 0.89% of that held by the insiders while 97.10% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at -13.82%. It has a 20.51 of forward P/E ratio. Stock has a price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 3.80.